When Bob Odenkirk launched Mr. Show, he wasn’t trying to make another Saturday Night Live. Odenkirk, who wrote for SNL in the late ‘80s, learned the hard way that younger members of the show’s staff ...
In comedy, few are as influential — and elusive — as Jim Downey. During his 30-year tenure as a writer on “Saturday Night ...
I was out as a gay man and people knew that they would not hire openly gay people. Lorne Michaels and Bernie Brillstein had kind of a thing where they did not hire gay people, so I never got to ...
In tandem, these two events (and some others) have sent some fans back in time to the 1980s. Specifically, they’re remembering 1983, the year that the first final Star Wars movie, Star Wars: Return of ...
Has the government shutdown still got you down? Looking for a reason to get out of bed now that summer is over, at least in the strictest technical sense? Or maybe you’re just disappointed at the ...
"Saturday Night Live" is no stranger to parodying all things food. (One of "SNL's" most celebrated sketches featured Dan Aykroyd lovingly lampooning Julia Child.) However, topical comedy sometimes ...